Sovereign bonds from emerging markets constitute a substantial proportion of the global asset universe. We look at the MSCI Emerging Markets Sovereign Bond Index to assess issuance trends, credit quality and other characteristics of index constituents. 

We look deep into these indexes to determine what’s led to their showing characteristics, such as duration, spread and yield, similar to those of the parent index, as well as similar risk-adjusted performance.

In a time of volatile fixed-income markets, how well did the MSCI Investment Grade Corporate Bond Indexes perform in terms of meeting their climate objectives?